Dharma – Page 18 – Dharma Documentaries

The Buxa Lamas

The story of the first monks who went into exile with the Dalai Lama in 1959.

The life of one of the most famous Mahāyāna monks of early-modern China set against the turbulent times he lived in.

A biography of the very influential Sixth Patriarch of Zen and some of his teachings.

A film looking at the connected lives of Aurel Stein and Xuan Zang.

A look at the efforts to rebuild the Tsurphu monastery, the traditional home of the Karmapas from 1988.

A short look at one of South Korea’s most important temples.

The third in a series of films about Buddhism looks at the rock cut caves of western India.

A look at the life and thoughts of a young Thai meditation teacher.

An animated film retelling the traditional life of the Buddha in an attractive form.

A documentary covering what happens when meditation is brought to inmates in a US prison.